Six years after the federal government forced the Marin Alliance for Medical Marijuana to close, the Fairfax dispensary is back in business. Lynnette Shaw, the self-styled godmother of medical marijuana dispensaries in California, reopened the doors to the dispensary at 6 School St. on June 2. A ceremonial grand opening is set for Thursday. Already, phones were ringing off the …

Published: Jun 9, 2017, 12:45 pm • Updated: Jun 9, 2017, 12:54 pm By The Cannabist Staff Featured guest this week is Brian Bowen, the founder of Outch. LOTS TO TALK ABOUT • Mixing cannabidiol (CBD) and medicinal herbs: Are people just adding cannabis without thinking about its effects? • Marijuana and massage, check. Marijuana and yoga, check. And now …

Published: Jun 9, 2017, 12:45 pm • Updated: Jun 9, 2017, 12:54 pm By The Cannabist Staff Featured guest this week is Brian Bowen, the founder of Outch. LOTS TO TALK ABOUT • Mixing cannabidiol (CBD) and medicinal herbs: Are people just adding cannabis without thinking about its effects? • Marijuana and massage, check. Marijuana and yoga, check. And now …

Published: Jun 9, 2017, 12:45 pm • Updated: Jun 9, 2017, 12:54 pm By The Cannabist Staff Featured guest this week is Brian Bowen, the founder of Outch. LOTS TO TALK ABOUT • Mixing cannabidiol (CBD) and medicinal herbs: Are people just adding cannabis without thinking about its effects? • Marijuana and massage, check. Marijuana and yoga, check. And now …

SANTA ROSA >> You’d expect a lot of buzz at a massive marijuana trade show, but people were high in more ways than one at Saturday’s opening of High Times magazine’s Nor Cal Cannabis Cup. The magazine staff, entrepreneurs in the expanding marijuana business world and the cannabis community in general were still buzzing over this week’s national news that …

More than 20 years ago, California voters approved the Compassionate Use Act, legalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes. More than two decades later, Marin’s county government remains unable to find an appropriate location that fulfills that measure’s promise, one that was supported by 73 percent of Marin’s voters. This sorry crossroads comes after the county, albeit late in coming, spent more …

Underwhelmed by the short slate of applicants vying to be medical marijuana dispensaries, Marin County Administrator Matthew Hymel suggested a reboot of sorts — approving no licenses and taking an entirely new approach to the issue. At its May 23 meeting, the Marin County Board of Supervisors agreed. Inge Lundegaard, planner with the Community Development Agency (CDA), said, “There were …

A Menlo Park man was arrested May 23 after undercover police officers conducted a sting operation involving marijuana sales in the 600 block of Santa Cruz Avenue in Menlo Park. Victor Hugo Marin, 41, was booked into San Mateo County jail on charges of possessing marijuana for sale, unlawfully transporting marijuana to sell it, and having a narcotic substance. The …

A Menlo Park man was arrested May 23 after undercover police officers conducted a sting operation involving marijuana sales in the 600 block of Santa Cruz Avenue in Menlo Park. Victor Hugo Marin, 41, was booked into San Mateo County jail on charges of possessing marijuana for sale, unlawfully transporting marijuana to sell it, and having a narcotic substance. The …

Sherri Haskell, founder of the “angel investment consortium” CannaAngels, said when the Marin County-based group was created a year and half ago, the concern was “deal flow and quality.”It turned out not to be a problem. “We’re attracting quality business opportunities,” Haskell said. “We’re getting referrals from investment-banking firms, hedge funds, sophisticated investors. We have events. Through our curation, diligence …

Lynnette Shaw, the self-styled godmother of medical marijuana dispensaries in California, announced this week that she will reopen her medical cannabis dispensary in Fairfax. Proving the wisdom of Alexander Graham Bell’s maxim — “When one door closes, another opens” — Shaw broke the news at a public hearing Tuesday during which county supervisors denied 10 applications to open medical cannabis …

Lynnette Shaw, the self-styled godmother of medical marijuana dispensaries in California, announced this week that she will reopen her medical cannabis dispensary in Fairfax. Proving the wisdom of Alexander Graham Bell’s maxim — “When one door closes, another opens” — Shaw broke the news at a public hearing Tuesday during which county supervisors denied 10 applications to open medical cannabis …

Marin County supervisors have upheld the decision of County Administrator Matthew Hymel to deny all 10 applications to open medical cannabis dispensaries in Marin. Seven of the applicants pleaded their case to Marin supervisors Tuesday, asking them to reconsider. But after listening to them and comments from the public in a three-hour hearing, the board unanimously rejected all the appeals. …

An undercover operation led to the arrest of a man selling marijuana in downtown Menlo Park, according to police. Menlo Park Police Department’s special investigations unit on Tuesday was alerted through community complaints that people were selling marijuana in the 600 block of Santa Cruz, according to a news release. That same day, an undercover officer posed as a prospective …